#58 Melvin Nieves, Third Base, 32 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs

#58 Melvin Nieves, Third Base, 32 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubs
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Melvin Nieves

12/28/1971
32
P.R.,,SAN JUAN
6"2
215

Third Base
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4.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 9,000,000
2006
7 Year(s), 144 Days (1348 total Days)
172 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 158 Days (1362 total Days)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	7	8	7	5
Versus LHP	7	7	8	7	5
Versus RHP	7	7	8	7	5
Talent	8	7	8	8	5

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3
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1
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Fielding Ratings
3B : 6 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 7 (Range), .965 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 5 (Range), .995 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 9 (Range), .967 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/25	@PHI	W 10-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#6
9/26	SDN	W 14-6	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	#3	PoG
9/27	SDN	W 6-5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	#3
9/28	@CIN	L 2-7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	#3
9/29	@CIN	W 11-3	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	1	#3
9/30	MIL	W 6-4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	#3
10/1	@SFN	L 5-6	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	#4
10/2	LAN	L 4-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
10/3	@FLA	L 7-9	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	#3
10/4	MIL	L 3-4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	#4

Batting Stats 2004

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	158	554	164	33	2	34	106	109	99	122	.296	.401	.547	.948	.981	.251
Projected	158	554	164	33	2	34	106	109	99	122	.296	.401	.547	.948	.981	.251

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	140	658	1	9	0	22	0	4	303	69	1	0	100.0	121.7	7.9

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	157	44	11	0	10	22	26	28	39	1	0	0	.280	.387	.541	.928
vs. RHP	397	120	22	2	24	84	83	71	83	3	0	1	.302	.407	.549	.956
Close/Late	59	14	1	0	6	12	12	18	12	0	0	1	.237	.423	.559	.982
Scoring Position	139	44	7	0	10	72	0	34	22	4	0	0	.317	.441	.583	1.023
Pinch Hitting	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	.091	.286	.091	.377

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	79	270	76	16	0	14	47	48	47	56	.281	.388	.496	.884
Road	79	284	88	17	2	20	59	61	52	66	.310	.413	.595	1.009
March/April	24	85	22	7	0	5	12	11	11	23	.259	.344	.518	.861
May	26	88	27	7	0	5	20	19	20	16	.307	.431	.557	.988
June	26	88	28	6	0	4	14	21	24	21	.318	.460	.523	.983
July	22	85	25	3	0	4	12	12	13	20	.294	.388	.471	.858
August	28	104	31	3	2	10	24	25	16	21	.298	.392	.654	1.046
Sept/Oct	32	104	31	7	0	6	24	21	15	21	.298	.385	.538	.924

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1997	95	304	82	21	4	4	39	27	33	1	0	50	0	0	.270	.343	.405	.748	CHC
1998	105	324	79	13	3	12	43	44	30	2	0	64	1	0	.244	.312	.414	.725	CHC
1999	154	506	141	20	0	19	86	65	71	0	6	107	1	0	.279	.364	.431	.794	CHC
2000	143	493	129	30	2	22	82	68	73	2	0	127	0	0	.262	.359	.465	.824	CHC
2001	153	547	153	36	3	31	108	101	95	0	4	105	0	0	.280	.384	.527	.910	CHC,NL
2002	155	572	149	35	2	26	108	93	85	0	4	122	0	0	.260	.354	.465	.819	CHC
2003	151	515	146	30	3	20	87	93	95	6	7	109	0	1	.283	.396	.470	.866	CHC
2004	158	554	164	33	2	34	106	109	99	1	4	122	1	0	.296	.401	.547	.948	CHC
Total	1114	3815	1043	218	19	168	659	600	581	12	25	806	3	1	.273	.369	.473	.842

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1992, A	138	538	134	16	2	16	66	58	70	83	8	5	.249	.333	.375	.708
1993, A	54	210	68	13	0	5	27	22	31	40	1	4	.324	.404	.457	.861
1993, AA	84	305	84	16	2	7	31	47	40	61	9	3	.275	.355	.410	.765
1994, AA	118	426	117	17	4	14	42	48	55	69	4	5	.275	.355	.432	.787
1994, AAA	15	46	11	1	0	0	4	5	2	6	0	1	.239	.271	.261	.532
1995, A	49	171	53	8	3	12	44	30	38	27	4	0	.310	.435	.602	1.038
1995, AA	85	332	90	25	1	10	48	40	42	63	2	5	.271	.352	.443	.795
1996, AA	70	249	76	11	2	10	29	46	42	45	4	2	.305	.403	.486	.889
1996, AAA	68	254	62	6	1	10	27	37	27	60	2	2	.244	.313	.394	.707
1997, AAA	39	142	38	7	0	3	13	17	18	30	4	3	.268	.348	.380	.728
1998, AAA	23	81	28	6	0	6	19	17	14	18	1	2	.346	.442	.642	1.084

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2004

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Third Base	10	8	2	15	3	19	2	.895	75.0	2.28
Leftfield	7	0	5	0	0	6	1	.833	21.0	2.57
Centerfield	16	10	29	1	1	30	0	1.000	105.0	2.57
Rightfield	123	122	164	5	1	177	8	.955	1084.1	1.47

Player History

2/5/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration...
6/14/2003: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years.

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